Setenil

Setenil de las Bodegas is a town in southern Spain with a population of 3,016 inhabitants (2005 census). Setenil was a fortified Moorish town on a bluff overlooking the Rio Trejo, built by the Almohad Caliphate in the 12th century during the Reconquista. The town was besieged twice by Christian forces: the first time in 1407, and the second time in 1484 by King Ferdinand II of Aragon. The second time, the Aragonese took the city after a fifteen-day siege, employing an artillery train from Castile that was able to destroy the walls in preparation for the attack. Years after the capture of Setenil, vineyards were introduced to the city by the Spanish in addition to the olive and almond groves grown by the Arabs, and the city remains a small settlement, now famous for its chorizo and pork products.